Κυρήνη
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
English (LSJ)
ἡ, Cyrene, Hdt.4.162, etc.:—Adj. Κυρηναῖος, α, ον, ib. 199, etc. [ῠ in Hes.Fr.128.2, Pi.P.4.2, al., Call.Ap.73, 94; ῡ Ar. Th.98, A.R.2.500.]
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Κυρήνη: ἡ, ἑλληνικὴ ἀποικία ἐν Ἀφρικῇ, Ἡρόδ. 4. 162 κἑξ.˙ οἱ κάτοικοι ἐκαλοῦντο οἱ Κυρηναῖοι, καὶ ἡ χώρα ἡ Κυρηναία (Λατ. Cyrenaïca), Ἡρόδ. 4. 199, κτλ. Ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ῡ˙ ἀλλὰ ῠ παρ’ Ἡσ. Ἀποσπ. 35. 2, Καλλ. εἰς Ἀπόλλ. 72. 93, Catull. 7. 4.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
Cyrène, colonie grecque d’Afrique.
Étymologie:.
English (Strong)
of uncertain derivation; Cyrene, a region of Africa: Cyrene.
English (Thayer)
Κυρηνης, ἡ, Cyrene, a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11Roman miles from the sea. Among its inhabitants were great numbers of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought thither, and invested with the rights of citizens: BB. DD., under the word).
